The centaurs of Greek mythology are creatures that are part human and part horse. They are usually portrayed with the torso and head of a human, and the body of a horse. Centaurs are the followers of the wine god Dionysus and are well known for drunkenness and carrying off helpless young maidens.
If both healthy parents carry the same altered recessive. gene, then each child they have has a 25% (1 in 4) risk of. inheriting the altered gene from both parents and therefore. being affected. For each child, regardless of their sex, the. risk is the same = 25%. Children of couples who are both carriers of the same. altered recessive gene have a 50% (1 in 2) chance of. inheriting one copy of the altered gene from one of their. parents. If this happens, they are healthy carriers. themselves.
Recessive and dominant alleles. You will recall that genes have different forms called alleles. An allele can be recessive or dominant. A recessive allele only shows if the individual has two copies of the recessive allele. For example, the allele for blue eyes is recessive.You need two copies of the allele to have blue eyes.A dominant allele always shows, even if the individual only has one copy of the allele. For example, the allele for brown eyes is dominant.or example, the allele for blue eyes is recessive. You need two copies of the allele to have blue eyes. A dominant allele always shows, even if the individual only has one copy of the allele.